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Longtime Former WGN-TV Anchor Allison Payne Dies At 57

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Chicago television icon Allison Payne has died.

The longtime news anchor spent 21 years at WGN-TV Channel 9 before retiring 10 years ago.

The station said Payne returned home to her native Detroit in 2011, following a series of health issues.

She was 57 years old.

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